The Hurricane is an American filmdirected byJohn Ford, released in1937.
Synopsis
A small Pacific island. Two natives Marama and Terangi get married. During a stopover in Tahiti, Terangi strikes a white man who insults him and is sentenced to six months in prison. He tries to escape twice and is sentenced to 16 years in prison. A third escape will be good. A terrible hurricane ravages the small island where he has taken refuge. Terangi is helping the population …
Technical sheet
- Title: The Hurricane
- Original title: The Hurricane
- Director: John Ford
- Director (second team): Stuart Heisler
- Scenario: Dudley Nichols , Oliver HP Garrett and Ben Hecht
- Production: Samuel Goldwyn and Merritt Hulburd (de) (associate producer)
- Production Company: Samuel Goldwyn Films for United Artists
- Music: Alfred Newman
- Photography: Bert Glennon and Archie Stout (second team)
- Editing: Lloyd Nosler
- Artistic direction: Richard Day
- Set decorations: Julia Heron (uncredited)
- Costumes: Omar Kiam
- Special Effects: James Basevi
- Country of origin: United States
- Language: English
- Format: Black and White – Sound: Mono (Western Electric Mirrophonic Recording) – 35 mm
- Genre: Drama, Adventure, Action
- Duration: 110 minutes
- Release date :
- : first Los Angeles
- : France
Distribution
- Dorothy Lamour : Marama
- Jon Hall : Terangi
- Mary Astor : M me Germaine De Laage
- C. Aubrey Smith : Father Paul
- Thomas Mitchell : D r Kersaint
- Raymond Massey : Governor Eugene De Laage
- John Carradine : Warden
- Jerome Cowan : Capt. Nagle
- Al Kikume : Chef Mehevi
- Kuulei De Clercq : Tita
- Mamo Clark : Arai, daughter of Terangi
- Movita Castenada : Arai
- Inez Courtney : girl on the boat
- Anne Chevalier : Reri
- Flora Hayes : Mama Rua
- Roger Drake : Captain of the Guards
- Pauline Steele : Mata
- Mary Shaw : Marunga
- Francis Kaai : Tavi
- Layne Tom Jr .: Mako
- William B. Davidson : Injured man
- Spencer Charters : Judge
- Chris-Pin Martin (uncredited): sailor
French voices
- Jacqueline Porel (Mary Astor)
- Henri Djanik (C.Aubrey Smith)
- Jean Violette (Thomas Mitchell)
- Jean-Claude Michel (Raymond Massey)
- Claude Joseph (Lionel Braham)
Around the film
- Shooting at Pago Pago and Isthmu Harbor from May 3 to mid-September 1937
- Revenue: $ 1,400,000
- Howard Hawks was approached to make the film.
- For the movie Ford has hit a staggering stamp ( $ 100,000 , plus 15% of profits)
- The film was shot in part on Ford’s yacht , Aramer, which became Captain Nagle’s schooner for the film.
- Thomas Mitchell will play a doctor role very similar to that of this film in The Fantastic Ride .
- Part of the film (the one where Terangi is a prisoner in the fortress) takes up the theme developed in I did not kill Lincoln . Moreover, John Carradine plays a role of sadistic guardian, similar to that which he embodied in the previous work.
- The film is representative of the Tiki culture in the United States 1 .
- Remake in 1979 by Jan Troell with Jason Robards and Mia Farrow .
Awards and Distinctions
- Cinema Oscars :
- best sound ( Thomas T. Moulton )
- Nominations for Best Supporting Actress ( Thomas Mitchell ) and Best Music ( Alfred Newman )
Notes and references
- ↑ Elizabeth Couturier, “When America loved commies” [ archive ] , Paris Match , week of August 14 to 20, 2014, pages 12-13.